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- Dictionaryrap·id·ly/ˈrapədlē/
adverb
- 1. very quickly; at a great rate: "the business is expanding rapidly"
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in a fast or sudden way: Things are changing very rapidly. The country's oil reserves are rapidly declining. See. rapid. Fewer examples. a rapidly growing industrial city. When women reach menopause, they begin to lose bone more rapidly. The wind power industry is expanding rapidly.
: marked by a fast rate of motion, activity, succession, or occurrence. rapidly adverb. rapidness noun. 2 of 2. noun. : a part of a river where the current is fast and the surface is usually broken by obstructionsusually used in plural but singular or plural in construction. Synonyms. Adjective. blistering. breakneck. breathless. brisk. dizzy. fast
within a short period of time: There are thousands of languages spoken in the world today, but many of them are rapidly approaching obsolescence and extinction. with great speed; swiftly: Bats are more likely than birds to detect rapidly spinning turbine blades and avoid flying into them.
When you do something rapidly, you do it very quickly. A rapidly moving train is going at full speed. You may notice that the grass in your yard grows rapidly during the rainy summer days and more slowly when there's a heat wave.
in a fast or sudden way: Things are changing very rapidly. The country's oil reserves are rapidly declining. See. rapid. Fewer examples. a rapidly growing industrial city. When women reach menopause, they begin to lose bone more rapidly. The wind power industry is expanding rapidly.
Definition of rapidly adverb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define rapidly. rapidly synonyms, rapidly pronunciation, rapidly translation, English dictionary definition of rapidly. adj. rap·id·er , rap·id·est Moving, acting, or occurring with great speed. See Synonyms at fast1.
Rapidly definition: within a short period of time. See examples of RAPIDLY used in a sentence.
rapidly meaning, definition, what is rapidly: very quickly and in a very short time: Learn more.
moving or acting with great speed; swift: a rapid worker. characterized by speed: rapid motion. n. Geography Usually, rapids. a part of a river where the current runs very swiftly. Latin rapidus tearing away, seizing, swift. See rape1, - id4. 1625–35. rap′id•ly, adv. 2. See quick.
